Arvonia

Arvonia is an unincorporated community in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, founded mainly by Welsh immigrants during the mid-19th century. The town derives its name from the county of Caernarfon, Wales. The county is known popularly simply as Arfon. "Arvonia" is the Latin form of the name. Its major industry has been slate mining. The slate is known primarily for its color and durability, and is featured on many prominent American buildings, such as the Smithsonian Castle, the University of Virginia, Berkeley, Virginia's Executive Mansion, and Colonial Revival homes across the country. Buckingham slate quarried in Arvonia earned gold medals at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876, the 1893 World's Columbia Exposition, and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair. Arvonia-Buckingham Slate Corporation was incorporated in 1913 and its operations continue in the present day.

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